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Mary Ann Ryan

Recently retired after a 40-year career in higher education, Dr. Mary Ann Ryan now writes women’s fiction. She and her spouse, Sarah, live in St. Paul, Minnesota with their puppies Salvador and Spunky.

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Mary Ann Ryan

Fiction

Sondra Helene: Emotional Baggage Behind Perfect Lives

Initially, the trappings of her opulent lifestyle smother Samantha Freeman, but no one sees her angst. Even the most intimate characters in Sondra Helene’s debut novel reveal only pieces of themselves to one another in this deeply personal story. The title of her novel, Appearances (She Writes Press), epitomizes an…
Mary Ann Ryan
April 9, 2019
Thrillers

Sleepy Mountain Range Overlooks Hotbed of Crime

The enigmatic title The Sleeping Lady (She Writes Press), conjures a feeling of mystery and excitement, an impression that only intensifies after opening the book. The namesake of The Sleeping Lady is the hazy outline of Mount Tamalpais. This summit helps frame the skyline over small towns north of San…
Mary Ann Ryan
March 13, 2019